[Homestead] Bev -- incoming
EarthNSky
erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Sat Apr 5 10:46:14 EDT 2008
Clansgian at wmconnect.com wrote:
>
>
> Jeanne is only a few miles south of here but I'm a bit higher in the
> mountains. Because of the tall mountains and alluvial valleys around here, there are
> all sorts of micor-climates. Pears, peaches, and cherries are all in bloom
> (time to treat for fire blight) but no dogwoods or apples yet.
Pears and plums are all but done, but the apples haven't even started.
>
> Warming is early this year and it's high time for potaotoes. Here one plants
> corn when the dogwood leaves are the size of a squirrel's ear, that is, not
> yet.
I've heard that saying here, too, but most still plant on Good Friday.
Peas are 10" tall and the spinach and kale will be big enough to eat
> within days.
The best I can do is to enjoy the last pint of frozen bok choi from last
year.
>
> Still raining here, gentle rain and it looks like we might have gotten three
> inches over the past two days.
Yeah, that's about right for here, too. At least it washed a bit of
pollen out of the air. I know it will only be worse in a day or so, but
having one day of lesser allergy symptoms is nice.
>
> And grass! Glorious grass!! We've not had new grass growth since last July.
> Now we are awash in it, enough to seriously shop for the second cow. And of
> course a second cow will mean more pigs!
I was noticing the same thing in my pasture. My friend wants to put her
horses out there, but I told her "not now", that I hadn't seen such
vigor in the pasture in about 5 years, and I wanted to enjoy the green
for a bit longer. :)
If only the rains would continue throughout summer like this. Wouldn't
that be awesome?
Bev
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BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
34.498N 85.076W Bev is Earth, Ron is Sky
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